China's Living Legends

How ZhangJuzheng almost saved Ming China

19 min · 1. maj 2026
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History doesn’t always collapse in one moment.Sometimes, it happens through a few critical decisions.In this video, we break down three turning points in Chinese history:— A reform that made the empire rich, then collapsed— A conqueror who burned the capital after winning— A system that lost control and gave power to the wrong peopleThese are the moments that changed everything https://youtu.be/z57cvvYGdxU [https://youtu.be/z57cvvYGdxU]

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